List of notable surviving veterans of World War II

This is a list of notable surviving veterans of World War II (1939–1945). A total of 274 veterans are listed.

A

12 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Abdullah CD	October 2, 1923	Chairman and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Malaya	Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army	Federated Malay States	100 years, 216 days
S. Daniel Abraham	August 15, 1924	Businessman, philanthropist	US Army	United States	99 years, 264 days
Valdas Adamkus	November 3, 1926	President of Lithuania	Lithuanian resistance	Lithuania	97 years, 184 days
Lee Adams	August 14, 1924	Musician	US Army	United States	99 years, 265 days
Marshall Allen	May 25, 1924	Musician	US Army	United States	99 years, 346 days
Walter Althammer	March 12, 1928	Politician	Heer	Germany	96 years, 54 days
Bud Anderson	January 13, 1922	Fighter pilot	US Army Air Forces	United States	102 years, 113 days
Valérie André	April 21, 1922	General, neurosurgeon, aviator	French Resistance	Free France	102 years, 14 days
Ray Anthony	January 20, 1922	Bandleader and trumpeter	US Navy	United States	102 years, 106 days
George Ariyoshi	March 12, 1926	Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986)	US Army	United States	98 years, 54 days
Stanisław Aronson	May 6, 1925	Order of Polonia Restituta recipient	Home Army	Poland	98 years, 365 days
Austin Asche	November 28, 1925	Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia	98 years, 159 days

B

28 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Dave Bailey	February 22, 1926	Musician	US Army Air Forces	United States	98 years, 73 days
Walter Balderson	September 19, 1926	Television pioneer	US Navy	United States	97 years, 229 days
Vincent Ball	December 4, 1923	Actor	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia	100 years, 153 days
Karlheinz Bauer	April 24, 1928	Former head of Bauer Group	Heer	Germany	96 years, 11 days
William J. Bauer	September 15, 1926	Federal judge	US Army	United States	97 years, 233 days
Julius W. Becton Jr.	June 29, 1926	American military officer, former FEMA director	US Army Air Corps	United States	97 years, 311 days
V. J. Bella	July 29, 1927	American politician	US Marine Corps	United States	96 years, 281 days
Alan Bergman	September 11, 1925	Songwriter	US Army	United States	98 years, 237 days
Rasammah Bhupalan	May 1, 1927	Social activist	Indian National Army	Azad Hind	97 years, 4 days
Walter Bingham	January 5, 1924	Journalist	British Army	United Kingdom	100 years, 121 days
Benjamin B. Blackburn	February 14, 1927	Politician	US Navy	United States	97 years, 81 days
Robert J. Blackwell	February 26, 1925	Government official	US Navy	United States	99 years, 69 days
Eric Blackwood	December 7, 1921	Aviator	Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force	Canada United Kingdom	102 years, 150 days
Harry Blank	May 24, 1925	Politician	Canadian Army	Canada	98 years, 347 days
Hans Blum	May 23, 1928	Singer and Songwriter	Kriegsmarine	Germany	95 years, 348 days
Daoud Bokhary	January 15, 1920	Businessman	British Indian Army	British India	104 years, 111 days
Jacques Borker	September 29, 1922	Artist	French Resistance	Free France	101 years, 219 days
Hugo Broch	January 6, 1922	World War II flying ace	Luftwaffe	Germany	102 years, 120 days
Victor Brombert	November 11, 1923	Professor	US Army	United States	100 years, 176 days
Mel Brooks	June 28, 1926	Director, actor, producer	US Army, Battle of the Bulge	United States	97 years, 312 days
Stephen Brown	October 3, 1924	Judge	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom	99 years, 215 days
Walt Brown	July 28, 1926	Politician	US Navy	United States	97 years, 282 days
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin	February 17, 1924	11th Earl of Elgin	British Army, Scots Guards	United Kingdom	100 years, 78 days
Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury	March 31, 1926	British peer, businessman	British Army	United Kingdom	98 years, 35 days
Arthur E. Bryson	October 7, 1925	Control theorist	US Navy	United States	98 years, 211 days
Veljko Bulajić	March 22, 1928	Film director	Yugoslav Partisans	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia	96 years, 44 days
Jack Burke Jr.	January 29, 1923	PGA professional golfer	US Marine Corps	United States	101 years, 97 days
Charles Burrell	October 4, 1920	Musician	US Navy	United States	103 years, 214 days

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17 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Gerard Caris	March 20, 1925	Artist	US Marine Corps	United States	99 years, 46 days
Lou Carnesecca	January 5, 1925	Basketball coach	US Coast Guard	United States	99 years, 121 days
Jimmy Carter	October 1, 1924	39th U.S. President	US Navy	United States	99 years, 217 days
Jean-Gabriel Castel	June 21, 1925	Law professor	French Resistance	Free France	98 years, 319 days
Patrick Skene Catling	February 14, 1925	Journalist, author	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada	99 years, 81 days
Nadia Cattouse	November 2, 1924	Actress, singer, songwriter	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom	99 years, 185 days
Robert A. Chase	January 6, 1923	Surgeon, professor	US Army	United States	101 years, 120 days
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher	April 25, 1925	Businessman, trade unionist, tax official	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom	99 years, 10 days
John B. Cobb	February 9, 1925	Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist	US Army	United States	99 years, 86 days
Marthe Cohn	April 13, 1920	Author, spy	French Army	France	104 years, 22 days
Ena Collymore-Woodstock	September 10, 1917	Solicitor, magistrate	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom	106 years, 238 days
Harry Connick Sr.	March 27, 1926	Attorney	US Navy	United States	98 years, 39 days
Tom Copeland	April 17, 1924	Politician	US Army	United States	100 years, 18 days
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr.	September 29, 1925	Federal judge	US Army	United States	98 years, 219 days
Roger Corman	April 5, 1926	Filmmaker, actor	V-12 Navy College Training Program	United States	98 years, 30 days
John Cruickshank	May 20, 1920	Recipient of the Victoria Cross	British Army Royal Air Force	United Kingdom	103 years, 351 days
Iris Cummings	December 21, 1920	Olympic swimmer, Aviator	Women Airforce Service Pilots	United States	103 years, 136 days

D

13 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Phyllis Dalton	October 16, 1925	Costume designer	Women's Royal Naval Service	United States	98 years, 202 days
Louis Danziger	November 17, 1923	Graphic designer, professor	US Army	United States	100 years, 170 days
Klaus von Dohnanyi	June 23, 1928	Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg	Volkssturm	Germany	95 years, 317 days
Charles Dolan	October 16, 1926	Businessman, Philanthropist	US Army Air Force	United States	97 years, 202 days
Lou Donaldson	November 1, 1926	Musician	US Navy	United States	97 years, 186 days
William I. Donnermeyer Sr.	September 19, 1924	Politician	US Navy	United States	99 years, 229 days
Bruce L. Douglas	July 14, 1925	Politician	US Navy	United States	98 years, 296 days
Karl-Heinz Drews	December 22, 1929	General	Volkssturm Wehrmacht	Germany	94 years, 135 days
Roy Drinkard	July 12, 1920	Businessman	US Marine Corps	United States	103 years, 298 days
Charles C. Droz	July 8, 1924	Politician	US Army	United States	99 years, 302 days
Patrick Duffy	June 17, 1920	President of the NATO Assembly	Fleet Air Arm	United Kingdom	103 years, 323 days
Roland Dumas	August 23, 1922	Politician, lawyer	French Resistance	Free France	101 years, 256 days
Winfield Dunn	July 1, 1927	Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)	US Navy	United States	96 years, 309 days

E

5 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Alfred Einwag	March 18, 1928	Lawyer	Heer	Germany	96 years, 48 days
Juan Ponce Enrile	February 14, 1924	Lawyer	Philippine Navy	Philippines	100 years, 81 days
Carl Erskine	December 13, 1926	Baseball player	US Navy	United States	97 years, 144 days
Daniel J. Evans	October 16, 1925	Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977)	US Navy	United States	98 years, 202 days
Anthony Eyton	May 17, 1923	Artist	British Army	United Kingdom	100 years, 354 days

F

14 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Josef-Gerhard Farkas	July 13, 1929	Hungariologist	Volkssturm	Germany	94 years, 297 days
David Ferry	March 5, 1924	Poet, professor	US Army Air Forces	United States	100 years, 61 days
Edward Field	June 7, 1924	Poet, author	US Army Air Forces	United States	99 years, 333 days
Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele	September 22, 1920	British hereditary peer, businessman	British Army	United Kingdom	103 years, 226 days
Leonard Everett Fisher	June 24, 1924	Children's writer, illustrator	US Army	United States	99 years, 316 days
Sergio Flamigni	October 22, 1925	Politician, writer	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance	98 years, 196 days
Samuel C. Florman	January 19, 1925	Civil engineer, author	US Navy	United States	99 years, 107 days
James Clayton Flowers	December 25, 1915	Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen	United States Army Air Forces	United States	108 years, 132 days
Loretta Ford	December 28, 1920	Nurse, Academic	US Army Air Forces	United States	103 years, 129 days
Wieland Förster	February 12, 1930	Painter, writer	Volkssturm	Germany	94 years, 83 days
John S. Foster Jr.	September 18, 1922	Physicist	US Army Air Forces	United States	101 years, 230 days
Paul Fox	October 27, 1925	Television executive	British Army	United Kingdom	98 years, 191 days
J. Keith Fraser	February 18, 1922	Physical geographer	Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force	Canada United Kingdom	102 years, 77 days
Russell Freeburg	March 4, 1923	Editor of the Chicago Tribune	US Army	United States	101 years, 62 days

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16 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Arnald Gabriel	May 31, 1925	Conductor of the US Air Force Band	US Army	United States	98 years, 340 days
Samuel Rhea Gammon III	January 22, 1924	Ambassador	US Army	United States	100 years, 104 days
Bernard Garfield	May 27, 1924	Bassoonist	US Army	United States	99 years, 344 days
Stanley Michael Gartler	June 9, 1923	Biologist, geneticist	US Army Air Forces	United States	100 years, 331 days
Philippe de Gaulle	December 28, 1921	Inspector General, Senator and son of leader Charles De Gaulle	Free French Naval Forces	Free France	102 years, 129 days
Eddie Germano	November 15, 1924	Cartoonist	US Army	United States	99 years, 172 days
Roy Gibson	July 4, 1924	Aerospace engineer	British Army	United Kingdom	99 years, 306 days
I. Leo Glasser	April 6, 1924	Judge	US Army	United States	100 years, 29 days
Howard Golden	November 6, 1925	Politician	US Navy	United States	98 years, 181 days
René Henry Gracida	June 9, 1923	Bishop	Flying Tigers	United States	100 years, 331 days
Bill Grayden	august 5, 1920	Politician	Australian Army	Australia	103 years, 274 days
Bill Greason	September 3, 1924	Baseball player	US Marine Corps	United States	99 years, 245 days
Peter Green	December 22, 1924	Historian	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom	99 years, 135 days
Maurice R. Greenberg	May 4, 1925	CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)	US Army	United States	99 years, 1 day
Shecky Greene	April 8, 1926	Comedian	US Navy	United States	98 years, 27 days
Frank J. Guarini	August 20, 1924	Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990)	US Navy	United States	99 years, 259 days

H

18 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Jürgen Habermas	June 18, 1929	Philosopher; sociologist	Luftwaffenhelfer	Germany	94 years, 322 days
Walter Hanel	September 14, 1930	Political caricaturist	Volkssturm	Germany	93 years, 234 days
G. Homer Harding	December 7, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States	98 years, 150 days
George Hardy	June 8, 1925	Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen	US Army Air Forces	United States	98 years, 332 days
Robert Harlow	(1923-11-19) November 19, 1923	Writer, academic	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Ted Hartley	(1924-11-06) November 6, 1924	Pilot, banker, actor, film producer	US Navy	United States
Helmut Hauptmann	(1928-03-12) March 12, 1928	Writer	Heer	Germany
Bill Hayes	(1925-06-05) June 5, 1925	Actor	US Naval Air Corps	United States
Eric Heath	(1923-11-28) November 28, 1923	Artist	Royal New Zealand Air Force	New Zealand
John Hemingway	(1919-07-17) July 17, 1919	Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Józef Hen	(1923-11-08) November 8, 1923	Writer	Polish People's Army	Poland
James Hennessy	(1923-09-26) September 26, 1923	Diplomat, prison official	British Army	United Kingdom
Werner Henninger	(1929-04-07) April 7, 1929	Admiral	Volkssturm	Germany
Laurin L. Henry	(1921-05-23) May 23, 1921	Researcher	US Navy	United States
Cyril Hilsum	(1925-05-17) May 17, 1925	Physicist, academic	Royal Navy	United Kingdom}
Earl Holliman	(1928-09-11) September 11, 1928	Actor	US Navy	United States
Tom Hughes	(1923-11-26) November 26, 1923	Politician	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Evan Hultman	(1925-07-15) July 15, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States

I

1 veteran

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Paul Ignatius	(1920-11-11) November 11, 1920	Government official	US Navy	United States

J

7 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Stephen A. Jarislowsky	(1925-09-09) September 9, 1925	Businessman, billionaire	US Army	United States
Karl Jetter	(1929-06-02) June 2, 1929	Journalist	Wehrmacht	Germany
Norman Jewison	(1926-07-21) July 21, 1926	Filmmaker	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
David Johnson	(1926-08-03) August 3, 1926	Photographer	US Navy	United States
Dub Jones	(1924-12-29) December 29, 1924	American football player	US Navy	United States
George Joseph	(1921-09-11) September 11, 1921	Founder of Mercury Insurance Group	US Army	United States
George Judge	(1925-05-02) May 2, 1925	Professor, econometrician	US Army Air Forces	United States

K

4 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Sydney Kentridge	(1922-11-05) November 5, 1922	Lawyer, judge	South African Army	South Africa
Elisabeth Kirkby	(1921-01-26) January 26, 1921	Actress, writer, broadcaster	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom
Henry Kissinger	(1923-05-27) May 27, 1923	Statesman, Secretary of State (1973–1977), Nobel Peace Prize recipient	US Army	United States
Helma Kissner	(1923-12-23) December 23, 1923	Accused of war crimes by SWC	Wehrmacht	Germany

L

12 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Horst Langes	(1928-12-02) December 2, 1928	Member of state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate	Wehrmacht	Germany
Peter Lax	(1926-05-01) May 1, 1926	Mathematician	US Navy	United States
Norman Lear	(1922-07-27) July 27, 1922	Film and television producer; All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons	US Army Air Forces	United States
Jean Lee	(1924-07-26) July 26, 1924	Only woman of Chinese-Canadian descent to serve in RCAF	Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division	Canada
James Lees	(1924-02-14) February 14, 1924	Maritime expert, curator	Royal Navy British Merchant Navy	United Kingdom
Marv Levy	(1925-08-03) August 3, 1925	Football coach	US Army Air Corps	United States
Guenter Lewy	(1923-08-22) August 22, 1923	Author, professor	British Army	United Kingdom
Nina Lobkovskaya	(1925-03-08) March 8, 1925	Sniper	Red Army	Soviet Union
Ernst Löschner	(1929-06-20) June 20, 1929	Conductor	Wehrmacht	Germany
Dick Lucas	(1925-09-10) September 10, 1925	Anglican minister	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
William R. Lucas	(1922-03-01) March 1, 1922	Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center	US Navy	United States
Bernt H. Lund	(1924-08-14) August 14, 1924	Civil servant, diplomat, politician	Norwegian resistance movement	Norway

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39 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Josip Manolić	(1920-03-22) March 22, 1920	Politician; prime minister of the Republic of Croatia (1990–1991)	Yugoslav Partisans	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Steve Marsh	(1924-09-12) September 12, 1924	Australian rules football player	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Peter Marshall	(1926-03-30) March 30, 1926	TV personality, actor	US Army	United States
Ray Marshall	(1928-08-22) August 22, 1928	US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981)	US Navy	United States
Gordon Eugene Martin	(1925-08-22) August 22, 1925	Physicist, author	US Navy	United States
Angel Martín Taboas	(1918-06-18) June 18, 1918	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico	US Armed Forces	United States
Ivan Martynushkin	(1924-01-18) January 18, 1924	Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp	Red Army	Soviet Union
Anthony Mason	(1925-04-21) April 21, 1925	Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Miloslav Masopust	(1924-09-26) September 26, 1924	General	1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR	Czechoslovakia
Joseph Matarazzo	(1925-11-12) November 12, 1925	Psychologist	US Navy	United States
Robert D. Maurer	(1924-07-20) July 20, 1924	Physicist	US Army	United States
Charlie Maxwell	(1927-04-08) April 8, 1927	Baseball Player	US Army	United States
Otto Mayrhofer	(1920-11-02) November 2, 1920	Anaesthetist	Wehrmacht	Germany
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow	(1921-03-20) March 20, 1921	Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987)	French Army Free French Army French Air Force	France Free France
Robert McGinnis	(1926-02-03) February 3, 1926	Artist, illustrator	US Merchant Marine	United States
Francis Terry McNamara	(1927-11-02) November 2, 1927	Diplomat	US Navy	United States
Kirke Mechem	(1925-08-16) August 16, 1925	Composer	US Army	United States
Bill Mercer	(1926-02-13) February 13, 1926	Sportscaster, educator, author	US Navy	United States
Harald Metzkes	(1929-01-23) January 23, 1929	Painter	Heer	Germany
Ed Mickelson	(1926-09-09) September 9, 1926	Baseball player	US Army Air Forces	United States
J. William Middendorf	(1924-09-22) September 22, 1924	Diplomat, politician	US Navy	United States
Larry Miggins	(1925-08-20) August 20, 1925	Baseball player	US Merchant Marine	United States
Jim Miller	(1919-05-30) May 30, 1919	Australian rules football player	Australian Army Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
John H. Miller	(1925-04-16) April 16, 1925	General	US Marine Corps	United States
Sanford K. Moats	(1921-12-04) December 4, 1921	General	US Army Air Forces	United States
David O. Moberg	(1922-02-13) February 13, 1922	Sociologist	US Army	United States
Gwen Moffat	(1924-07-03) July 3, 1924	Climber, writer	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom
Jürgen Moltmann	(1926-04-08) April 8, 1926	Protestant theologian	Wehrmacht	Germany
Henry Moore	(1923-11-02) November 2, 1923	Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf	British Army British Indian Army	United Kingdom British India
Shigehiro Mori	(1928-01-07) January 7, 1928	General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1986–1987), Chief of Staff, JASDF (1983–1986)	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Edgar Morin	(1921-07-08) July 8, 1921	Philosopher, sociologist	French Resistance	Free France
Addold Mossin	(1919-12-12) December 12, 1919	Neopagan priest	Finnish Army	Finland
Georg Müller	(1930-10-01) October 1, 1930	Mineralogist	Hitlerjugend	Germany
Charlie Munger	(1924-01-01) January 1, 1924	Business magnate; vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway	US Army Air Corps	United States
Sumio Murai	(1925-02-01) February 1, 1925	General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1983–1984), Chief of Staff, JGSDF (1981–1983)	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Tomiichi Murayama	(1924-03-03) March 3, 1924	Japanese Prime Minister	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
David H. Murdock	(1923-04-11) April 11, 1923	Businessman, billionaire	US Army	United States
Austin Murphy	(1927-06-17) June 17, 1927	Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania	US Marine Corps	United States
David Musuguri	(1920-01-04) January 4, 1920	Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force(1980-1988)	British Army	United Kingdom

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7 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Bill Nankivell	(1923-09-07) September 7, 1923	Politician	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Lucien Nedzi	(1925-05-28) May 28, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States
Joe Negri	(1926-06-10) June 10, 1926	Musician, educator	US Army	United States
Nerio Nesi	(1925-06-16) June 16, 1925	Politician, businessman, banker	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Frederick M. Nicholas	(1920-05-30) May 30, 1920	Lawyer	US Army	United States
George Nigh	(1927-06-09) June 9, 1927	Politician; 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma (1963, 1979–1987)	US Navy	United States
Peter L. Nissen	(1924-01-08) January 8, 1924	Aviator and businessman	Norwegian resistance movement Royal Norwegian Air Force	Norway

O

3 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Jiro Ono	(1925-10-27) October 27, 1925	Sushi Chef	Japanese Imperial Army	Japan
Edward Ormondroyd	(1925-10-08) October 8, 1925	Author	US Navy	United States
Donald Owens	(1926-09-12) September 12, 1926	General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene	US Army	United States

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7 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Rudolph Pariser	(1923-12-08) December 8, 1923	Physicist, polymer chemist	US Army	United States
Victor Parsonnet	(1924-08-29) August 29, 1924	Surgeon	US Navy Reserve	United States
Johnny Pate	(1923-12-05) December 5, 1923	Bass player, arranger	US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band	United States
John Peoples	(1926-08-26) August 26, 1926	President of Jackson State University	US Marine Corps	United States
Jack Petchey	(1925-07-19) July 19, 1925	Businessman	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Aris Poulianos	(1924-07-24) July 24, 1924	Anthropologist, archaeologist	Greek People's Liberation Army	Greece
Ralph Puckett	(1926-12-08) December 8, 1926	Medal of Honor recipient	US Army Reserve	United States

R

11 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Dennis V. Razis	(1923-05-30) May 30, 1923	Oncologist	Greek Resistance	Greece
Madeleine Riffaud	(1924-08-23) August 23, 1924	Poet, journalist, war correspondent	French Resistance	Free France
Basil Rigg	(1926-08-12) August 12, 1926	Cricket player	Australian Army	Australia
Fred Risser	(1927-05-05) May 5, 1927	Politician	US Navy	United States
John Roberts	(1924-04-04) April 4, 1924	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Arthur Rock	(1926-08-19) August 19, 1926	Businessman, investor	US Army	United States
Maria Lisa Cinciari Rodano	(1921-01-21) January 21, 1921	Politician	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Alan Rogers	(1924-12-31) December 31, 1924	Football manager	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Richard Rohmer	(1924-01-24) January 24, 1924	Military writer; Ultimatum	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Philip Ruppe	(1926-09-29) September 29, 1926	United States Congressman	V-12 Navy College Training Program	United States
William Russell	(1924-11-19) November 19, 1924	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom

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32 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Howard F. Sachs	(1925-09-13) September 13, 1925	Judge	US Navy	United States
Agadadash Samedov	(1924-03-10) March 10, 1924	Order of Glory recipient	Red Army	Soviet Union
Frank Saucier	(1926-05-28) May 28, 1926	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
Norman Scarth	(1925-10-01) October 1, 1925	Blogger, political candidate	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Art Schallock	(1924-04-25) April 25, 1924	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
Harold Zvi Schiffrin	(1922-09-26) September 26, 1922	Professor	US Army	United States
Rolf Schimpf	(1924-11-14) November 14, 1924	German television actor	Heer	Germany
Walter Franz Schleser	(1930-10-25) October 25, 1930	Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten	Volkssturm	Germany
Helmut Schlesinger	(1924-09-04) September 4, 1924	President of the Deutsche Bundesbank	Heer	Germany
Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann	(1928-09-05) September 5, 1928	Journalist	Wehrmacht	Germany
Wolfgang Schumann	(1929-06-05) June 5, 1929	Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate	Wehrmacht	Germany
Bernard L. Schwartz	(1925-12-13) December 13, 1925	CEO of Loral Corporation (1972–2006)	US Army Air Corps	United States
Bruno Segre	(1918-09-04) September 4, 1918	Journalist	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Vic Seixas	(1923-08-30) August 30, 1923	Tennis player	US Army Air Forces	United States
Sen Sōshitsu XV	(1923-04-19) April 19, 1923	Hereditary master of the Urasenke chanoyu school	Imperial Japanese Navy	Japan
Ralph Senensky	(1923-05-01) May 1, 1923	TV director, writer	US Army	United States
Doc Severinsen	(1927-07-07) July 7, 1927	Trumpeter	US Army	United States
Bobby Shantz	(1925-09-26) September 26, 1925	Baseball player	US Army	United States
Charles Norman Shay	(1924-06-27) June 27, 1924	Penobscot tribal elder, writer	US Army	United States
Robert G. Shulman	(1924-03-03) March 3, 1924	Biophysicist	US Navy	United States
Władysław Siemaszko	(1919-06-08) June 8, 1919	Author, Lawyer	Home Army	Poland
Edward H. Sims	(1923-05-29) May 29, 1923	Author	US Army Air Forces	United States
Robert Solow	(1924-08-23) August 23, 1924	Economist	US Army	United States
Bill Spence	(1923-04-20) April 20, 1923	Writer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Richard T. Spooner	(1926-09-10) September 10, 1926	Author	US Marine Corps	United States
Irena Stankiewicz	(1925-02-28) February 28, 1925	Graphic artist	Home Army	Poland
Colin Stannard	(1924-02-08) February 8, 1924	Archdeacon of Carlisle	British Army	United Kingdom
Willis H. Stephens	(1925-06-07) June 7, 1925	Politician	US Army Air Forces	United States
Guy Stern	(1922-01-14) January 14, 1922	Literary scholar	US Army	United States
Heinz Stöcker	(1929-01-22) January 22, 1929	General	Volkssturm	Germany
Fritz Streletz	(1926-09-28) September 28, 1926	General	Wehrmacht	Germany
Lyle Elmer Strom	(1925-01-06) January 6, 1925	Judge	US Naval Reserve	United States

T

5 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Sulev Tailo	(1920-12-02) December 2, 1920	Poet, artist	Finnish Army	Finland
John Thorn	(1925-04-28) April 28, 1925	Headmaster, writer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Dan Tolkowsky	(1921-01-17) January 17, 1921	Commander of the Israeli Air Force	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Aldo Tortorella	(1926-07-10) July 10, 1926	Journalist, politician	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
James Wesley Turpin	(1927-12-18) December 18, 1927	Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist	US Navy	United States

U

1 veteran

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Yosh Uchida	(1920-04-01) April 1, 1920	Sports businessman, entrepreneur, engineer	US Army	United States

V

4 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Jaakko Valtanen	(1925-02-09) February 9, 1925	General	Finnish Defence Forces	Finland
Dick Van Dyke	(1925-12-13) December 13, 1925	Actor and comedian	US Army Air Corps	United States
Enrico Vanzini	(1922-11-18) November 18, 1922	Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando	Royal Italian Army	Italy
Thomas Franklin Vaughns	(1920-07-07) July 7, 1920	Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen	United States Army Air Force	United States

W

9 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Herbert Wahler	(1921-12-10) December 10, 1921	Accused of war crimes by SWC	Einsatzgruppe	Germany
Joe Wallach	(1923-09-10) September 10, 1923	Businessman	US Army	United States
William H. Webster	(1924-03-06) March 6, 1924	3rd F.B.I. Director, 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council	US Navy	United States
G. William Whitehurst	(1925-03-12) March 12, 1925	Politician	US Navy	United States
Edwin Wilson	(1923-02-01) February 1, 1923	Professor	US Navy	United States
Charley Winner	(1924-07-02) July 2, 1924	Football player	US Army Air Forces	United States
Louis Witten	(1921-04-13) April 13, 1921	Theoretical physicist	US Army Air Forces	United States
Woody Woodbury	(1924-02-09) February 9, 1924	Comedian, actor	US Marine Corps	United States
Oscar Wyatt	(1924-07-11) July 11, 1924	Businessman	US Army Air Corps	United States

X

1 veteran

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Alex Xydias	(1922-03-22) March 22, 1922	Auto racing driver	US Army Air Forces	United States

Y

3 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Barbara Yeaman	(1924-12-16) December 16, 1924	Conservationist	Women Airforce Service Pilots	United States
Robert M. Young	(1924-11-22) November 22, 1924	Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer	US Navy	United States
Ihor Yukhnovskyi	(1925-09-01) September 1, 1925	Physicist, politician	Red Army	Soviet Union

Z

5 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Rolf Zick	(1921-04-16) April 16, 1921	Journalist	Luftwaffenhelfer	Germany
Heinz Zickler	(1920-03-25) March 25, 1920	Musician	Heer	Germany
Franklin B. Zimmerman	(1923-06-20) June 20, 1923	Musicologist, conductor	US Army	United States
Zou Jiahua	(1926-10-01) October 1, 1926	Politician	National Revolutionary Army	Republic of China
Leszek Żukowski	(1929-02-11) February 11, 1929	President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers	Gray Ranks	Poland